#BDBCB7#BDBCB7

#BDBCB7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.007 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB7
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(50, 4%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 3%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -0.56, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 2.71, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0009 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.007 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5154, 50.2043, 51.9778)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB7 #B7B8BD

analogous

#BDB9B7 #BDBCB7 #BBBDB7

triadic

#BDBCB7 #B7BDBC #BCB7BD

tetradic

#BDBCB7 #B7BDB9 #B7B8BD #BDB7BB

square

#BDBCB7 #B7BDB9 #B7B8BD #BDB7BB

split-complementary

#BDBCB7 #B7BBBD #B9B7BD

monochromatic

#828077 #A09E97 #BDBCB7 #DADAD7 #F0F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BDBCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB7

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB7	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.007 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0cc',
    500: '#bdbcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb7;
$custom-light: #d0d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79458,
    "c": 0.00705,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB7

secondary

#898A90

accent

#608E57

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFA

border

#D4D4D3

text

#141413

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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